Drunk

Many people asked her, when will she be able to find herself a boyfriend?

What is so great at reading in that drawing? What the heck?!  Are you what? 5 or 7 years old? Still, watching that cartoon? Can you even understand what they were talking about?

What’s so fun looking at those missy-looking guys who know nothing but to just sing and dance huh?!

Emilia Blanche, a 25-year-old, computer engineering graduate, currently employed in GoKaria Technology Inc. Which is a car manufacturing company in 2002. The company owner appreciates his employee’s hard work and encouraged everyone to have a dinner party after the general meeting every two months, which was still practiced in the present. The advantage of this was there was lesser conflict within the company and everyone was acquainted with each other.

“Hey Emilia! What’s up?”

A woman with brownish wavy hair said as she approaches Emilia with a beer in one hand and a plate of grilled pork in the other.

“Maam Luisa” Emilia said.

Emilia smiled politely at Luisa and offered the chair beside her.

Luisa took the seat and glanced at the orange juice that Emilia had.

“You’re not having a beer tonight?” she asked.

“Yeah. I still had some of my paperwork that needs to take care of. ” Emilia replied briefly.

“Is that about the upgrade version of the navigator prototype?” Luisa inquired.

“Yup. I bet the sales department would be busy after I am done with this.” Emilia grinned sheepishly at Luisa which Emilia earned a scoff from her. Emilia laughed at Luisa’s reaction. Which also earned them a laugh from the others nearby that had heard their talk.

Emilia’s private life was kind of peculiar for other people that is why Emilia mostly kept it a secret since other people do not accept that kind of hobby. During her college days, most of her batchmates would group themselves according to their interest, but none of them would look down on another.

Some of them liked watching a series of anime, Korean drama, English series, reading Japanese, Chinese or Korean comics, some are interested in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, or English novels, some of them are also into Korean pop music.

Since they are from a modern generation and digital entertainment already existed, they were pulled into many kinds of entertainment.

“Emilia, take care in returning home,” Albert said, Albert Buenos is the manager of the programming department and is also the boyfriend of Emilia’s best friend in high school, Maurice Aquino.

Emilia stood straight and made a salute form and said “Yes Sir!” which earned her smirk from Albert.

Emilia was about to walk to the bus station when Gion, her supervisor called her. She stopped on her track and turned to face Gion, who was running towards her.

“I was about to call you, but you suddenly disappeared. You walked away too fast Emilia.” Gion said the moment he was in front of Emelia.

“Hahaha. Not that fast though” Emilia replied.

“Your vacation leave was approved. You may take your leave after you finish the project you were currently working on. That is all. Be careful on the road.” Gion said.

“Thank you, Gion. Be careful too.” Emilia smiled at him and waved him goodbye before resuming her walk to the bus station.

Emilia arrived at her apartment and prepared her hot cocoa milk, reheated her baked macaroni. She went to shower and change her clothes. She walks to her study room with the hot cocoa milk and baked macaroni in hand.

Emilia was happy that her first-ever, vacation leave was approved which is why she was beaming with positive vibes.

“Alright! Let’s do our best Emilia Blanche! You can do this!”

Emilia turned on her computer and started to decode the folder which had the files that she needed to run a test. She made a total of five to seven tests for the project and it was divided into three layers by the programming department, so all she did was to trace back and checked each of its stages. It was quite a long process and almost took her 32 hours to finished it. She hasn’t left her study room except for eating and taking a poop.

Emilia entered a few commands and hit the enter button. She stretched her hands up, massage her hand joints a few times.

“Ghaaaaddd!!!! I smelled like trash!!  Bath and bed!!!! here I come!!!” Emilia Said and she stood up to head into the bath.

In the shower, Emilia stood there naked facing the whole body mirror adjacent to the position of her shower head.

“oh gosh! Why is it that my pubic hair grows so fast? I wonder if it’s normal?” Emilia said as she was checking her body closely in the mirror.

“hmmm?? did I gain weight? I’ll check it out later.”

Emilia took her time washing her hair and scrubbing her body clean. As she was rinsing her hair and body that was full of bubbles, she sings a song,

“~I want you to pick me up~ pick me, pick me, pick me up~ pick me, pick me, pick me up~ pick me, pick me, pick me up~ I want you to pick me up~”

Emilia turned off the shower and went to soak in the bathtub. She raised her hand up and stared at her fingers blending it with the ceiling and sang a song,

“~meomchul su eomneun I tteollimeun on and on and on~ nae jeonbureul neoran sesange da deonjigo shipeo ~ Look at me look at me now ~ ireoke neon nal aetaeugo itjana kkeul su eopseo~ uri sarangeun buljangnan~ Oh oh oh oh my love is on fire ~”

[~ I can’t stop this trembling on and on and on~ I wanna throw my all into your world~ look at me look at me now~ you are burning me up like this, I can’t turn it off~ our love that’s like playing with fire~ oh oh oh oh my love is on fire ~ ]

After drying herself, she measured her weight before going out.

“Mmmmm 44 kg… why?”

Emilia thinks back to what she was doing this weekend. Aside from focusing on her work, she was eating a lot, not to mention foods that can cause weight gain. She wondered why does her body does not exceed 46 kg. Her height measurement was 5 feet, but she was still considered a petite woman. She looked at her reflection in the mirror. She grasps her breast with both hands and faced sideways.

“my bust size isn’t small and it is cup B and it is damn heavy if my period is coming. Even my butt isn’t small though. I can’t even cover its side in one hand. I can say I had a plump butt though. It’s pretty round and all. *sigh* what am I doing?”

Emilia went straight to the study room after putting on a white loose shirt with just undies underneath. She walks towards her computer table and noticed that it just finished executing the commands that she had entered before she went to take a bath.

“hmmm… all that’s left is to send this to Gion and we're all done!!! hot spring here I come!!!!”

~ringggg~

Emelia picked up the call without looking for the caller id while she was preparing her food for the trip.

“Emilia speaking, how may I help you?”

“ooh! Emilia! This is Gion. I just want to inform you that the project was facing its final phase now. It was fast than we expected! The higher-ups said that you can extend your vacation for a week. It was also served as a reward for your hard work. HR is still looking for additional staff for your team.” Gion said without pause.

Hearing the one-week reward, Emelia stood there frozen in the kitchen. A minute had passed and she double-checks the caller id and saw that it was really her supervisor who called her.

‘uwaaaaahhhhh!!!!! is this true? No! I must secure solid proof for security purposes. It is better to be safe than sorry.'

“umm. Gion is this true? It is not a scam right?”

“what? Hahaha yeah, it is true. Don’t worry.”

Emilia was still doubtful even after she heard that so she made her move.

“then, would you please give me a copy of my approved vacation leave with a note of the extended days with your signature?” Emilia said in one breath and was a little bit scared if it was all nothing but an illusion.

“hahaha wiser than ever. I see, don’t worry I’ll email it to you later.”

“Thanks, Gion! “

Emilia continued preparing her food for the trip and cleaned her apartment before taking a shower again and set off for her trip at 9: 45 am. She wore a black cap, a black face mask, a loose sky-blue shirt with the word ‘empress’ on it, and white denim shorts paired with black sneakers. There is also a DSLR camera hanging on her neck. She had two baggage with her, a big black backpack that contains her clothes personal hygiene, and a black with the stripes of the white handy bag that contains her lunch and snacks for the trip. It was a 5 - 6 hours bus ride to her destination. It was already at 1:34 pm when Emilia received an email from Gion of her vacation leave document. She saw the note that said she could extend her vacation for four days that would make a week's leave since she applied for a three-day leave. As she read further, she noticed that it was not Gion who signed the note but it was the manager of their quality department. Her eyes widened as she did not expect that this menopausal hag would sign this.

“Did the sunrise in the west today?” Emilia asked herself as she was staring at her manager’s signature.

Emilia reserved a room in a hotel and choose the room that is visible with the sunset and wasn’t exposed to morning sun rays. Emilia isn’t fond of the sun's rays since her eyes would hurt in bright lights.

It was almost 4 pm when Emilia arrived at the hotel. She checked in and had her rest for a while before going out sightseeing. Before 6:30 pm, she went back to her room and had dinner. She then browses the internet for new updates in Korean pop music and also the upcoming Korean dramas.

“Oh, God! Hwasa already released her new solo!”

“AHHHH!!!! why are so sexy my queen Hwasa?!!”

“awwhh Moonbyul, Solar and Wheein …. they never disappoint momos. It is so touching that they never fail to support each other.”

“AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! Goblin Season 2?!!! YES!! hahaha damn, I can’t wait.”

“I hope there will be scarlet heart season 2”

Emilia went to the hot spring and soaked herself for 30 minutes.

“I wanted to stay a little longer but I’m afraid I’ll pass out if I do that. Anyways let’s have some beer before going back.” Emilia said to herself as she put on her clothes and went to the hotel’s bar. She chooses to sit at the bar counter and looked at the wine displayed. The bartender asked what she would like to drink.

“anything you’d like to recommend?” Emilia replied.

“Long Island Iced Tea, it mostly had a 22% alcohol concentration.” the bartender said.

“then I shall have that.” Emilia smiled at him and looked around the area. The lights are deemed and mellow music was played. It created a peaceful atmosphere. There weren’t many people considering that it is Monday.

Maybe there are a lot of people during weekends. Emilia thought to herself.

The drink was served and Emilia took a sip. There was no strong smell of the alcohol and it leaves a sweet taste.

“hmmm. This is good” Emilia commented and she smiled again before she took another sip.

As she was sipping her drink, Emilia noticed a man with a white v-neck shirt and khaki shorts paired with a white moccasin. He walks slowly like a model on a runway. The way he brought himself was cool. Emilia’s attention was all on the man. The man noticed her gaze but did not say anything. He went to the counter and chose to sit three stools away from Emilia.

Emilia turned her attention to her drink after scrutinizing him.

Oh well. He had one hell of a body. I wonder if he is big below. Emilia thought to herself.

“one shot of Dark & Stormy,” the man said in his deep monotonous husky voice.

Damn! Your body and now your voice is my type. I think I’m wet now.  Emilia thought as she pressed her legs close and faced her body the other way, and finished her drink.

“Coming right up” the bartender replied.

“give me another one” Emilia said to the bartender.

The bartender looked at Emilia and was about to say something but stopped himself and proceed to make the drinks.

Emilia thought back to the past. She became angry when she remembered one of her best friends being pregnant for almost eight months without even telling her. She felt betrayed and all. She gulped down almost half of her Long Island Iced Tea which made the bartender shocked and worried at the same time. Since the drink was a combination of three liquors it had high alcohol content.

“Why do people love to hide the truth? Huh? Tell me?” Emilia has begun questioning the bartender.

She’s drunk. The bartender thought.

She finished her drink and stood up and went to the elevator.

“Ghaad why is the world turning? Or am I just that drunk? Is this all I’ve got? Ahhh now I know I am such a loser. I better not drink much again. It’s to be safe than sorry after all.”

“argh, I wanna throw up.”

“fuck! Why is the elevator moving so slow?”

Emilia staggered back and forth inside the elevator with the motion of the elevator that was about to stop, she leans in the elevator to support herself and noticed that it was her. She took off and walked to her room.